Hi,
I am completely new to crystal report and please kindly forgive me if I ask some stupid questions.
Actually, I have searched the forum for the topic and found some related threads, but I still want to
have some responses from crystal report experts on this issue.
Our developer tool is IBM RAD 7.0 and it has crystal reports tools installed in it. I want to use
crystal report to solve one of our business solutions. I have the following questions about the
feasbility of this solution:
(1). I need to specify data at runtime during report generation. I think using fixed data source
(for example, SQL query or Stored Procedure) may not fit our needs. I think if crystal report
can accept XML as input to generate reports at runtime, then it will be perfect. Can CR
use XML as data source as input?
(2). Actually, one of our business requirements is to generate a letter. Can CR do a report
layout such that a letter format can be achieved? If yes, would you let me know the
report layout name?
(3). We need to export the report into PDF format, I know CR can do PDF output. But can
CR be controlled to export this into bytes stream? Or the PDF must be saved into a
physical file?
(4) If I need to learn more about CR, which book will you recommend?
Thanks in advance for your advice,
Raymond